be the change you want to see in the world

One thing that has been thus far taken for granted in discussions of the Democratic Primary is that all the pledged delegates will vote for the candidate they pledged to. Apparenltly it isn’t 100 percent reliable, particularly for caucuses. The caucus delegates have to jump through a bunch of additional hoops before getting to convention, and things have shifted in the past. Also, there is the possibility of catastrophe in one campaign or the other. It ain’t over ’til it’s over, folks. It will be a long road.

2000: Gore wins popular vote but not electoral college, and it comes down to whether Florida’s votes are recounted.

2008: Hillary wins popular vote but not delegate count, and it comes down to whether Florida’s votes are counted.

Just heard that meme on CNN…let’s see if it catches on.

1 in 100 adults in the US is currently in jail. That’s amazing.

The report, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States, said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said.

Using updated state-by-state data, the report said 2,319,258 adults were held in U.S. prisons or jails at the start of 2008 — one out of every 99.1 adults, and more than any other country in the world.

The steadily growing inmate population “is saddling cash-strapped states with soaring costs they can ill afford and failing to have a clear impact either on recidivism or overall crime,” the report said.

I am absolutely blown away by the nastiness of the Obama troops toward Hillary Clinton. That crap will backfire on them bigtime. Hillary still leads in the states that matter, the ones that actually vote democrat, last time I checked.

Barak gives a good speech and talks a good line of cross-the-aisle reaching out. But when the rubber hits the road, and the shady Republican media militia worms dark into the psyche of the American people, he will be crushed, not by John McCain, but by America’s distrust of a Liberal rookie, coke-snorting, pretty word spouting, no track-record Johnny-come-lately. As someone else has said, Barak may have a higher potential ceiling than Hillary, but he also has a much lower potential floor.

Barak, in a decade or so, you might be half the woman Hillary Clinton is. So VP is a good role for you for now. Watch as the first line plays for another couple seasons. Then you’ll be ready to move up.